“let’s meet up over coffee…”

i did some spring cleaning the other day. not the usual ‘clearing the sty’ that i do sporadically (ok, rarely). a better description of it would be ‘digital clean up’.

i went through my MSN contact list and deleted about 20 over names. i also scrolled through the phone book in my cellphone and junked about 30.

it was easy to delete those that i rarely chat/sms/talk to. the hard part came when you had to comtemplate whether to junk the “maybes”.

themaybes are defined as: acquaintances that you bump on the street/mall/restaurant/club and they’ll go, “hey, so nice to see you again.” followed by the faux hug-hug-kiss-kiss. they usually cut short the conversation with “anyway we should really catch up over coffee/lunch/drinks… what’s your cellphone number?” you exchange number and that would be the last time you ever speak/talk to that person. ah… the typical sign-off.

i actually had someone – an ex-classmate who emailed me once and made some small talk about how long it has been since we last met. she ended the email with, “we should really meet up for coffee.” i replied with, “are you serious about coffee or is that just a way to say goodbye?” i did mean it in jest and hopefully she’ll laugh about it.

i did not get a reply or hear from her since.

maybe i drive people away with my straightforward remarks. i am pathetic. i will live alone and have no friends! 🙂 lol. seriously, i have no time for people like that. do ask me out to meet if you mean it, if not, saying ‘goodbye’ and ending it like that is perfectly fine.

ugh, yes, i hate people like that too. it’s so insincere that i’m left at a loss of how to reply. usually, i just say, “sure!” and walk away. have you come up with a good response for in person meetings?

ok… ok… hahahha… sorry lah… hehee…. Whoaa… using my (did I say this before? Sorry… Overworked for the past 2 weeks.. 10 to 13 hours per day for the past few days.. Very forgetful these days… hahaha… ) words back at me… Very good! Salute! hahahah…